ANYONE WANT TO BEAUTIFY A BUS?

The Fellows of Contemporary Art will celebrate its 10th anniversary by launching an Art Bus in downtown Los Angeles. The bus, conceived as a mobile work of art, will be fully transformed by a team of artists working collaboratively to enhance its interior and exterior.

Once beautified, the vehicle will provide free transportation between such institutions as the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center and commercial galleries.

The Fellows, a private, nonprofit art-support group, worked with the Community Redevelopment Agency to expedite the project. Plans call for the Art Bus to run for a minimum of one year.

Artists for the project will be selected through a competition judged by Consiline Antonville (board member, Fellows), Howard Fox (curator, County Museum of Art), Julie Lazar (curator, Museum of Contemporary Art), Marc Pally (arts consultant, Community Redevelopment Agency) and Joy Silverman (director, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions).

Only Southern California artists are eligible to enter the competition. Applicants, either individually or in teams, may submit five to 10 slides each, along with an optional one-page project description and stamped, self-addressed envelope. Send entries to Art Bus, c/o Fellows of Contemporary Art, 333 S. Hope St., 48th Floor, Los Angeles 90071.

Entries must be postmarked no later than Nov. 5. The jury will select finalists who will be paid to develop detailed proposals. Finalists will be notified by Dec. 1.

The Woman’s Building announces the fourth in a series of commissions designed to provide opportunities for female artists, as encouragement for their professional development and as help toward greater visibility.

Titled “Cross Pollination,” the project offers an honorarium and a stipend of $350 to 20 female artists of diverse ethnic origins, who are asked to submit proposed designs for a poster/print depicting their communities, cultural identities or the interface between these and the dominant culture.

Jurors for the project are designer Sheila de Bretteville and artist Betye Saar; deadline for entries is Nov. 29. Free technical assistance will be available to those who might need it to translate ideas and images into a print medium.

Artists must be able to reside in Los Angeles during the production phase from January to March, 1986. To obtain entry blanks, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Woman’s Building, Cross Pollination, 1727 N. Spring St., Los Angeles 90012. Information: (213) 222-2477.

A panel of nationally known directors and administrators of public arts projects will assess the MacArthur Park Public Art Program sponsored by Otis/Parsons on Wednesday, 7-9 p.m. at the Park Plaza Hotel, 6th and Parkview streets.

Featured speakers are Richard Andrews, director of the Visual Arts Programs for the National Endowment for the Arts; Donald Thalacker, director of the Arts in Architecture Program, General Services Administration; Anita Contini, director of Creative Time, Art on the Beach, New York City; Marc Pally, art consultant, Community Redevelopment Agency; Councilman Joel Wachs and Al Nodal, project director, MacArthur Park Program and director of exhibitions, Otis/Parsons.

Issues in education/photography will be addressed in a daylong symposium Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at Otis/Parsons. Sponsored by the Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, the symposium will focus on building a support system among photography educators in greater Los Angeles.

Among artists, critics and educators participating are Robert Heinecken, Jerry McMillan, Mark Johnstone, Pam Weaver, Peter Reiss and Bob Muffoletto.

Panels on survival strategies and on course content are on the agenda; the fee is $15 for non-members and $10 for members. Checks for pre-registration may be sent to LACPS Symposium, 814 S. Spring St., Los Angeles 90014.

More on photography education: A series of workshops at UC Riverside’s California Museum of Photography is designed to reach the general public and to foster a better understanding of the museum’s role in the community.

Funded by a “seed money” grant from the Riverside Arts Foundation, the workshops will focus on “priceless” family photographs. For example, during the “History in Your Attic” half-day workshop Nov. 16, curatorial staff will help participants identify the photographic processes used in early photographs and advise on their proper care and storage. Information: (714) 787-4784.

Three California artists will be chosen to receive the 1985 James D. Phelan Art Awards in Printmaking. Each will receive $2,500 in cash and participation in a group show at the World Print Gallery, Dec. 3-Jan. 11, 1986. For information on entry conditions, write: World Print Council, Building A, Ft. Mason Center, San Francisco 94123 or call (415) 776-9200.